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Tim Clark

Apr 10, 2014

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Following something of a brouhaha about Watch Dogs' visuals, which certain quarters of the internet felt had taken a hit since the game re-emerged from its extended development cycle, Ubisoft has released a video designed to show how great the game still looks on PC. The video focuses on how Watch Dogs utilises several proprietary graphical techniques to create a greater sense of fidelity. In other words, it's real pretty.

"We have worked closely with Nvidia in order to create the most vivid and breathtaking Chicago possible for the PC version," says Paul Vlasie, lead PC engineer on Watch Dogs at Ubisoft Montreal, presumably while trying not to make eye contact with anyone from AMD. He goes on to explain that shadows now look more realistically shadowy, and how advanced anti-aliasing reduces flickering during motion.

And very pretty it all is, too. If you were worried about fences looking janky during chase sequences, then consider that fear now allayed. Watch Dogs will be released on 27 May,and Ubisoft recently confirmed the recommended
system requirements
for it. Feel free to draw a sharp intake of breath before reading.

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